Let’s meet! This is a free in-person get-to-know-each-other visit. Bring your questions about midwifery care and this practice, and I’ll have a few as well. Choosing a Midwife is an important decision, and I’m here to help you figure out if I’m your person and vice versa.

You deserve intimate, thorough prenatal visits. Appointments are usually ~1 hour once a month until 28 weeks, then twice a month until 36 weeks, and then once a week until birth—either in my home clinic or in the comfort of your own home as needed.

A typical visit includes: checking in with how you are feeling and how life is evolving for you and your family, informed choice discussions and education, assessment of vital signs, growth of your belly, and fetal heartbeat, birth and afterbirth preferences planning, herbal consultation if desired, and ample space to ask questions. Your support people are always welcome to participate as much as you want during care.

Additionally, most lab work can be collected in the clinic and referrals can be sent for ultrasounds or physician consultations if wanted or needed.

Your body, your birth, your choices. Birth and body autonomy is paramount. As long as your pregnancy stays low-risk and healthy, a planned birth at home with a trained Midwife is safe. We attend homebirths between 37 and 42 weeks gestation. When labor starts, we stay in close communication, and when active labor manifests, I join you with a couple of bags and a box of supplies and provide labor support with all the helpful tools and skills.

As you near birth, a trained Birth Assistant will join us for an extra set of hands and expertise if needed. Beyond the Midwife and Birth Assistant, your birth team is up to you—partner, siblings, grandparents, doula, family pets, photographer, etc. The birth position, the catching hands, water or land birth—whatever feels right and safe is welcome.

It is my Midwife’s work to be vigilant during labor and birth while you birth your way as undisturbed as possible, and when birth at home doesn't go as planned, we offer a supportive transition to hospital-based care as needed or desired. We discuss this possibility during your prenatal care so there are no surprises. Whatever the reason(s) for transfer, you will be accompanied to the hospital and may choose to resume postpartum care at home.

Immediately following birth, we attend you for several hours until you and your newborn are stable. We offer a head-to-toe newborn exam in the first couple hours, review what is normal and not normal for the first days and weeks of your new life together, and help you transition to the fourth trimester. The Midwife returns to check in on you and baby—physically, mentally, and emotionally—at 24-36 hours, 3-5 days, 2 weeks, and then the final postpartum visit is between 6-8 weeks back in the clinic. The Midwife also provides initial lactation support and can refer you to local lactation consultants or counselors as needed.